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山窮水盡

简山穷水尽 · 繁山窮水盡

Mandarin · pinyin shān qióng shuǐ jìn

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1–2–3–4 · shan1 qiong2 shui3 jin4

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saan1 kung4 seoi2 zeon6

Cantonese word readings for 山窮水盡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

saan1 kung4 seoi2 zeon6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) having no more options; being at the end of one's rope; extremely desperate and hopeless